I am surprised that the thread has not already taken upon itself to make mention of the developments at Staverton reported [and confirmed] yesterday via Helihub. New owners in place - identity still a mystery.
OK I guess some of you are PAS pilots and you are waiting to see what difference it makes but it seems an important item....... in UK police aviation terms...
Times are hard all round but NPAS can be directly blamed for putting the mockers on the UK police aviation future for the AgustaWestland A109, the MD902 Explorer and the EC145 as there is a clear preference being suggested for a single type and it does not require too much intelligence to say that the type of choice is the EC135P2. That has an effect on the viability of the manufacturers and their agents...... PAS/MAS/SAS have been trying to get work elsewhere for a long time now and the effect on the others ['industry cannot live by maintenance alone'] is no less serious.